Lot
5072 
1855 (Aug. 11) New Orleans La. to Trieste, Austria, blue folded printed circular with company "Printed Circular" straightline at top left and bearing 1¢ blue (9) horizontal pair, huge margins to in at bottom incl. portion of adjoining stamps at top, tied by "New Orleans La, Aug 18" cds, carried by Collins Line Baltic from New York Aug. 22nd to Liverpool arriving Sep. 2nd, red Calais (10.3) transit cds, red Trieste (10.9) arrival backstamp, blue ms. "3" corrected to "7" krCM due rating due to four enclosed circulars, Very Fine and rare multiple circular rate use. Estimate $300 - 400.
The top cover was marked 3 krCM due (1843 Austria-France Convention). The clerk saw it contained four more circulars (see vertical ribbon marks) and rerated the postage due of 7 krCM (+1 KrCM each).
Realized: $325